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32,200 | 2 | PreSchool-Grade 2–This playful twist on a familiar theme finds the creative couple busy cooking up a storm. First out of the oven is a giant orb, bright and hot. 'I'm going to call it the sun,' Mr. God said. Then it's his wife's turn, naming the next fiery ball Earth, which she cools down by pouring some clouds o... | [
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32,201 | 1 | PreSchool-Grade 1-Willow the teddy bear lives in a picturesque English countryside. While sitting on his swing by the river, he decides that he wants to take a trip to the seaside. After finishing his farm chores, he invites his barnyard friends to join him. As they travel over Appleby Downs, they make up a song: "-A w... | [
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32,202 | 3 | An appealingly madcap plot, dialogue that verges on slapstick and sprightly pictures keep this early chapter book rolling along at a snappy clip. Ahlberg (The Snail House) introduces Mr. and Mrs. Gaskitt and their nine-year-old twins, Gus and Gloria. One December morning, Mr. Gaskitt gets dressed, donning multiple laye... | [
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32,203 | 0 | David Elliott says, "Before I began writing THE COOL CRAZY CRICKETS, I spent a lot of time eavesdropping on my son and his friends."He advises readers who want to writers to "develop the fine art of eavesdropping. Stare into space like you are thinking about something really important. Then, slowly lean in the directio... | [
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32,204 | 2 | PreSchool-Grade 3-A life-affirming look at nature's beings. The lively, rhyming text celebrates different creatures, including "The Feather People" (birds), "The Bubble People" (fish), "The Leggy People" (bugs), "The Purring People" (cats), "The Giving People" (cows), and "The People People" (humans). Finally, the focu... | [
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32,205 | 2 | Whether it's bedtime, bath time, snack time, or picture-drawing time, Piggy and his playful dad always have fun together. Brand New Readers is an utterly charming series introducing young children to the joys of reading. Each case contains four eight-page paperback stories with wonderful, funny pictures and just one se... | [
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32,206 | 2 | PreSchool-Grade 2-This charming book of prayer and thanksgiving begins with the words "Dear God." Each verso has only two sentences: a "Thank you-" for an acknowledged blessing and a "Help me-" that is a request for assistance in being a good person. Topics include family, friends, playtime, the Earth, and the future. ... | [
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32,207 | 2 | When, for some strange reason, Clarice Bean's parents can't find anyone to babysit for a few days, they must resort to Uncle Ted, a firefighter ("so he wears special pants") who occasionally lassoes lamps and "can get you in a firefighter's carry before you can say 'Uncle Ted put me down!'" All goes well for a day or t... | [
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32,208 | 2 | In Fuqua's (The Reappearance of Sam Webber) thoughtful debut novel for young readers, a white girl living in South Carolina in the '20s sparks a controversy with her article supporting racial equality. Darby wants to be a "newspaper girl" after her best friend, Evette, the daughter of an African-American tenant farmer ... | [
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32,209 | 1 | Root (What Baby Wants) uses a minimum of text and Denise (The Fool of the World) alternates close-up portraits with panoramic view to bring a fresh poignancy to the familiar theme of a child so caught up in play that he suddenly finds himself lost and alone. On a gorgeous autumn day, while Mama and Papa tend to chores,... | [
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32,210 | 14 | Laura McGee Kvasnosky says, "This is my third book about Zelda and Ivy, but still I was delightfully surprised that Zelda wanted an evening gown for Christmas. Being surpised is what writing is all about, after all!"; Title: Zelda and Ivy One Christmas: A Story About the Fabulous Fox Sisters | [
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32,211 | 16 | Robert Crowther, acknowledged master of paper engineering, takes on a new challenge--and passes with flying colors. In this clever book, very young readers are invited to contemplate color. Each two-page spread is a solid expanse of red, yellow, pink, etc. But look closely, and discover tabs and flaps that, when opened... | [
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32,212 | 1 | Two whale experts communicate huge enthusiasm for their subject...light-hearted [and] fact-filled...Varied typefaces add further verve. Delicate ink crosshatching with watery washes both emphasize the whale's enormity and show it to be dwarfed by the vastness of the ocean.Publishers Weekly[T]he blue whale gets an up-cl... | [
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32,213 | 11 | Grade 6 Up-"Our oral tradition isn't fading away/Just hard to recognize 'cause it has changed/Look for it hard 'cause it's hard to see/When I found it, I realized it was always with me." A 22-year-old member of the Kiowa nation begins his poem, "Oral Tradition," with these lines that could well serve as the thesis for ... | [
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32,214 | 2 | PreS-Gr 2Stella, a red fox, is proud of her family's trailer home. It has cozy corners, fun hiding places, and a color that resembles the stars. When some older weasels call it a tin can, she hides her sadness at their hurtful comments from her mom so she won't "feel the stings, too." The problem is resolved, though, a... | [
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32,215 | 2 | Howard's glorious nocturnal illustrations give new life to the late British author's 1968 tale of an owlet frightened of the night. "The dark is scary," Plop tells Mommy Barn Owl, who wisely instructs him to learn a bit more about it before passing judgment. Soon, Plop is off seeking new acquaintances, both human and a... | [
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32,216 | 2 | This giraffe hero's entire world is labeled with name tags; the text "Carlo reads his bedroom" accompanies newcomer Spanyol's opening full-bleed spread, which identifies everything from the stars on Carlo's mobile to the bunny slippers by his bed. But Carlo doesn't just read for his own edification. About midway throug... | [
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32,217 | 2 | Baby Duck is back, and only Grandpa can coax her off the sidelines to help her conquer her fear of water and achieve her dream in Make the Team, Baby Duck! Ages 8-12.Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.reSchool-Grade 1-Hesitant Baby Duck is back, with all her insecurities. She watches the swim team having ... | [
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32,218 | 2 | Gr. 3-5. Poems about belly buttons, bones, and brains pepper the pages of this decidedly quirky exploration of human anatomy by a former life science teacher. "Your tongue is for chewing. For curling. For clicking. / It fits in your mouth like a bug in a rug. / Your tongue is for tasting and lollipop licking. / But hey... | [
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32,219 | 1 | PreS-Gr 1-A young lamb bounces and skips along with his friends. After a brief romp in the field, he settles down for a nap and becomes separated from the rest of the flock. When his mother discovers him missing, she begins to panic. The shepherd notices the ewe's distress and sends his Border collie Floss (introduced ... | [
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32,220 | 18 | *Starred Review* Gr. 4-8. Drawing on first-person accounts by leaders and ordinary people in song, poetry, memoir, letters, and court testimony, this history brings close the experience of black Americans in the U.S. from the time of emancipation to the 1954 Supreme Court decision that declared "separate but equal" ill... | [
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32,221 | 2 | PW wrote, "Any child who has experienced a house thrown into a tizzy by a crying baby should get a giggle from this farmyard tale of an implacable infant." Ages 4-7.Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.Phyllis Root says, "All parents have experienced the desperation of this situationtheir baby won't settle ... | [
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32,222 | 2 | Grade 1-3Old Coyote is nearing the end of his days. As he walks familiar paths, he remembers the wide open spaces before the city crept toward his home. He recalls a time when "his howl was so loud that even the earthworms up on the mountain could hear it." He can't run anymore, so he walks, even though his bones ache.... | [
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32,223 | 1 | Lucy Cousins is one of today’s most acclaimed young author-illustrators of children’s books. "I draw by heart," she says. "I think of what children would like by going back to my own childlike instincts." And what instincts! More than six million copies of Maisy books have now been sold ... | [
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32,224 | 0 | Four books are now available in paperback as part of the Read and Wonder series. In All Pigs Are Beautiful by Dick King-Smith, illus. by Anita Jeram, the author of Babe the Gallant Pig imparts firsthand knowledge of his own porcine pals. Big Blue Whale by Nicola Davies, illus. by Nick Maland, takes a look at the physic... | [
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32,225 | 0 | Abridged and illustrated by Inga Moore, E. Nesbit's The Book of Beasts, originally published in 1900, makes a handsome picture-book edition. A boy king, fascinated by the Palace library, unwittingly unlocks a magical world lying dormant between the covers of a book. But in the process, he also releases a fire-breathing... | [
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32,226 | 2 | Grade 2-4Living at the end of the world with only his mule for company, an unnamed boy delights in the simple pleasures of treasure hunting and listening to the wind until the day his solitude is disrupted by the arrival of Constantine Shimmer, who brings noise and chaos in his wake. The vigorous old gentleman decides ... | [
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32,227 | 0 | The large, oversized pages, colorful illustrations and witty text are sure to please young children.—Tucson Citizen; Title: Mouse Has Fun: Brand New Readers | [
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32,228 | 12 | PreSchool-Grade 2-The Sayres offer readers a fresh look at counting with a simple concept: the number of feet different animals have. The book begins with a snail's one foot, and then moves on to 2 for humans, 4 for dogs, 6 for insects, 8 for spiders, and 10 for crabs. Each odd number is represented by the even-numbere... | [
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32,229 | 2 | Every day, chubby toddler Tilly plays treasure-hunting games with her parents. Her mother hides her breakfast banana in the laundry basket, her father hides her rabbit doll in the tool chest, and Tilly sometimes even hides herself at bedtime! Allan Ahlberg's engaging story cherishes the comfort of family playfulness an... | [
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32,230 | 2 | PreSchool-KBeatrice doesn't like books. The last place she wants to be is in the library, but her older brother has to complete a report on dinosaurs and she is in his care. Done in watercolor, ink, and pencil and featuring floppy-eared canine characters, the expressive illustrations perfectly capture the humor of the ... | [
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32,231 | 13 | Starred Review. Schlitz (The Hero Schliemann ) wrote these 22 brief monologues to be performed by students at the school where she is a librarian; here, bolstered by lively asides and unobtrusive notes, and illuminated by Byrd's (Leonardo, Beautiful Dreamer) stunningly atmospheric watercolors, they bring to life a prot... | [
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32,232 | 1 | Karen Pandell is the author of I LOVE YOU BABY, FROM HEAD TO TOE! and has also written several other books for children, including I LOVE YOU SUN, I LOVE YOU MOON, illustrated by Tomie dePaola.Jill McElmurry is the illustrator of OUR NEST by Reeve Lindbergh, THE KETTLES GET NEW CLOTHES by Dayle Ann Dodds, and I'm SMALL... | [
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32,233 | 15 | Starred Review. Grade 36Large and humorous mixed-media illustrations will draw children to this large-format biography. Using watercolor, graphite pencil, gouache, acrylic ink, colored pencil, and collage, Trueman captures Darwin's world and adventures. Cartoonlike people have prominent noses, expressive faces, and eno... | [
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32,234 | 2 | Grade 13This autobiographical picture book chronicles the author's struggles in second grade. Smaller than everyone else, new in town, and speaking with an unfamiliar Southern accent, Wood also found reading to be a chore. Miss Little had him remain after school each day, and while he was at first resentful of the atte... | [
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32,235 | 21 | Testa's (Some Kind of Pride) 24 brief vignettes, in verse, introduce young Joseph Paul, born in 1936. His melodic narrative tightly braids together strands integral to his life: family, baseball and the ways in which the exploding world affects him and those close to him. His maternal grandfather Papa-Angelo, who helps... | [
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32,236 | 6 | Toilet paper was invented in 1857. Zippers were first used on clothing in the 1920s--and came with an instruction manual! Native Americans made popcorn more than 5,000 years ago. The first e-mail message was sent in 1973. Who knew?In this remarkable, elaborate pop-up book by a master paper engineer, readers learn scads... | [
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32,237 | 1 | Kindergarten-Grade 3-There are no surprises in this gentle story, but there is ample assurance that following the dictates of one's heart is the surest path to personal fulfillment. In classic folkloric tradition, Fleischman tells of a happy farmer and his three sons who sing merrily as they go about their chores. When... | [
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32,238 | 1 | Dog lover Graham (Max) adds another tail-wagging treat of a picture book to an oeuvre that includes the canine-inspired titles Benny and Queenie, One of the Family. Following the death of her cat, young Kate has grown lonesome for a new pet. Mom and Dad quickly catch Kate's enthusiasm when she suggests, "Let's get a pu... | [
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32,239 | 8 | With one pesky younger brother who hangs upside down until he turns a funny color, an older brother in the "dark tunnel of adolescence," and a boy-crazy sister who won't notice her except to tell her to go away, Clarice Bean has her hands full. All she wants is a little peace and quiet. Her mother retreats to the batht... | [
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32,240 | 11 | The text...illuminates the dazzle and daring of Ali, and ultimately the spiritual calm.New York Times Book ReviewCollier's bold pictures...are among the best of his illustrious career, capturing both nuance and excitement.Booklist (starred review)Smith's honest portrayal of Ali's strengths and flaws results in an impre... | [
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32,241 | 2 | The star of You're the Boss, Baby Duck and more is back in Baby Duck and the Cozy Blanket by Amy Hest, illus. by Jill Barton, whose fuzzy yellow tummy peeks out of the cut-away cover. Inside, little ones can touch the "sticky jam" that has soiled the blanket then put it in the "straw basket" on washing day. The newly c... | [
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32,242 | 15 | While learning about the environment and planet Earth ("Sometimes I think gravity is a pity") Clarice Bean winds up with Robert Granger ("I mainly like to ignore him"), as her class partner. Robert wants to do a project on who walks faster, a snail or a worm, but Clarice Bean finds this topic exceedingly boring. Beside... | [
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32,243 | 2 | PreSchool-In Doctor Maisy, the little mouse and Nurse Tallulah take care of a sick Panda, "Oh, no. Panda has a fever." When Maisy and Tallulah bump into one another, the nurse has to bandage the doctor's sore nose. In Morning on the Farm, Maisy milks the cow, "Squish squish, squirt squirt"; feeds the pigs and chickens;... | [
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32,244 | 15 | PreSchool-Grade 1-A takeoff on "Chicken Little" that doesn't fly. Loony Little feels a drop of water on her head and concludes that the polar ice cap is melting. On the way to deliver her message to the Polar Bear Queen, she meets Dovekie Lovekie, Puffin Muffin, Harey Clarey, and Sealy Sally, who accompany her. When Fo... | [
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32,245 | 6 | Special delivery! Five mouthwatering titles arrive to satisfy hungry kids. In Pizza! by Jan Pienkowski, "The king is coming for lunch," and his minions prepare a proper pizza feast for the golden-maned monarch with a giant roar. "Caterpillars," "bugs" and "tadpoles" number among the "creepy, crawly... toppings," which ... | [
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32,246 | 11 | Five familiar titles are now available as board books. A barnyard springs to life in Flora McDonnell's I Love Animals. The girl narrator tells readers that she loves the "donkey braying `hee-haw!' " and the "cat washing her kittens."Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.A charming picture book filled with a ... | [
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32,247 | 0 | Ten in the Bed retold by Penny Dale shows a boy's stuffed animals banging, thumping and bonking out of his bed as they "Roll over, roll over!" in this counting rhyme. Once Hedgehog, Zebra and the others are on the floor, the "little one said, `I'm cold! I miss you!' "Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.Pen... | [
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32,248 | 2 | PreSchool-Grade 1–The tone is warm and sentimental as a mother recalls the birth of her child and the joy felt by the infant's father, grandparents, uncle, and even the wondering acceptance of the curious dog that, after sniffing the newcomer, assumes his role as guardian. Outside the family circle, neighbors gat... | [
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32,249 | 0 | All the villagers are agog with news of a star and a procession all but the house-proud Baboushka, who's too busy keeping things tidy. She declines the three kings' offer to join them on their journey, a decision she later regrets when she finally sets out alone for Bethlehem and arrives after the newborn king is gone.... | [
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32,250 | 0 | Ruth Elwin Harris began storytelling during the Second World War when she and her brother went to stay with their grandfather in his isolated Somerset house. "We led a very solitary existence," she says. "Not that we minded. We read a lot and made up stories to entertain each other." It is that house, christened Hillcr... | [
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32,251 | 11 | PreSchool-Grade 1-This easy picture book consists of a few vignettes in the life of "Little Pinto," a new colt in a band of wild mustangs. This young animal witnesses a challenge to the leadership of the herd's stallion, sees and hears the threat of a low-flying airplane, and falls into the river. His mother crosses th... | [
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32,252 | 2 | PreSchool-Grade 2-A simple prayer of appreciation for being alive and at one with nature. As a father and son take a hike through the countryside on a sunny fall day, the young narrator explains, "Dad believes that the things of nature are a gift. And that in return, we must give something back. We must give thanks." T... | [
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32,253 | 0 | Ruth Elwin Harris began storytelling during the Second World War when she and her brother went to stay with their grandfather in his isolated Somerset house. "We led a very solitary existence," she says. "Not that we minded. We read a lot and made up stories to entertain each other." It is that house, christened Hillcr... | [
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32,254 | 2 | A wonderful tie-in to nature or science units about the sea and its inhabitants.—School Library JournalIn a picture-book format, this science book presents information on the giant octopus . . . The bold, bright watercolor illustrations help the odd-looking creature become more accessible to young audiences, maki... | [
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32,255 | 13 | Kindergarten-Grade 2-Ah, Senor Don Gato! He is an urbane and charming feline, a Falstaff of cats, at home in his portly physique and quite confident of his charm and allure. Sure enough, a lovely white fluff ball of a lady cat is smitten. Her note to Don Gato so delights her swain that he jumps for joy-right off the ro... | [
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32,256 | 13 | Whether kids want to recite the Pledge of Allegiance or respectfully decline, this straightforward and playfully illustrated guide clears up what the pledge really means--word by word, and line by line.Two pledge-loving literacy experts (Michael Sampson and Bill Martin, Jr.) and one polite pledge-abstainer (Caldecott H... | [
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32,257 | 2 | Kindergarten-Grade 3-This nostalgic story opens on a hot summer day as Squirt and her grandfather, having fished to their limit, drive to Mister Mac's General Store on Main Street. While Mister Mac and Granddaddy visit together, she tries to decide between a banana and a root beer ice pop. She meets a girl named Miracl... | [
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32,258 | 2 | Lily May finally gets her way in Heap's (Cowboy Baby) imaginative playtime romp. The heroine states her wish at the start and remains consistent: "Let's play fairies," she says. But friends Matt and Martha prefer pretending to be trees, cars, cats and even "wibbly-wobbly Jell-O." Vignettes depict each child's activity ... | [
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32,259 | 2 | Steve Light is an artist and designer. He has illustrated a number of books for children, and several of his button designs are in the Cooper-Hewitt design museum. Of I AM HAPPY, he says, "I teach three- to five-year-olds, who are just starting to identify and label their emotions. I really enjoyed creating the charact... | [
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32,260 | 2 | PreSchool-K-Ten frisky lambs romp around the farm not quite ready for bed. Each time they move from one place to another, one is left behind, sound asleep. All of the spreads are configured in the same manner: an oversized illustration extends to the second page with a short stanza on the right: "10/Ten little sheep/le... | [
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32,261 | 1 | Riders of all stripes saddle up in McDonnell's (Splash!) distinctive take on a traditional nursery rhyme. This is the way the drummer rides. Bang! Bang! BOOM! BOOM! This is the way the show jumper rides. Trrrit-trrrot trrrit-trrrot. The oversize format provides just the right showcase for McDonnell's thickly applied, h... | [
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32,262 | 0 | PreSchool-Grade 2Reminiscent of Richard Scarry's "Busytown" stories (Random), this latest tale starring Caple's likable character is appealing. Determined to enter a local art contest, Worm needs to earn some money to buy a paint set and tries baby-sitting, housecleaning, and delivering papers. After a series of comica... | [
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32,263 | 12 | Berlie Doherty, author of many books for young people, including Carnegie Medal-winner Dear Nobody, says fairy tales "are enchanted dreams. We remember them as if they had been sung to us while we were under the spell of a long deep sleep." And according to acclaimed picture-book illustrator Jane Ray, "fairy tales are ... | [
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32,264 | 2 | PreSchool-Grade 2A toddler and his mother make bread together in a blue bowl as their evening activity. The sense of place is seen through Meade's evocative watercolor-and-collage illustrations, not through Millen's text"Light the lantern, little baby./Light the lantern, little baby./Strike the match upon the stove." I... | [
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32,265 | 2 | PreSchool-Grade 2--Harris takes on separation anxiety and leavens it with lots of humor. The story is told by a girl whose parents are dressing up for a night on the town. First, she tries reasoning with them ("1. I am NOT a baby. 2. I'm a BIG kid. 3. So I do NOT need a stupid babysitter!"), and then threatening them (... | [] | Validation |
32,266 | 2 | Combining the humorous, the magical and the mundane, Graham (Max; Benny) creates another warm, sweet-natured picture book. As Annabelle plays alongside the fence near her family's apartment building, she hears something bounce down from the sky. Upon investigation, Annabelle meets Jethro Byrd, a boy as big as her finge... | [
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32,267 | 14 | Pastoral watercolors set a quietly reflective tone for this distinctly English tale of a small teddy bear celebrating the holidays with his friends at Paradise Farm. Presented mostly in panels and in oval and square vignettes, the art suits the cozy (about 8" by 7") format. Ashforth offers a charmingly idealized view o... | [
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32,268 | 0 | PreS-Gr. 1. Smith, author of Hoop Kings [BKL F 15 04] and other sports poetry for older readers, aims at a much younger audience with this hip-hop-style monologue: "I'm bored . . . take me out to play! / It's me, your basketball. / Let's have some fun today." In Widener's cartoon illustrations, the ball takes center st... | [
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32,269 | 2 | PreSchool-The creators of Can't You Sleep, Little Bear? (Candlewick, 1992) have teamed up again for another gentle and endearing story. Harry the tortoise wants to play, but Buster Rabbit, Stan Badger, and Sarah Mouse just speed past his friendly hellos. After attempting to engage a mushroom, a rock, and a pond, Harry ... | [
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32,270 | 0 | Grade 1-4As he did in Zachary's Ball (Candlewick, 2000), Tavares creates a moving tribute to baseball. Young Oliver Hall is named after his grandfather, who runs a collectibles store near Wrigley Field. They share a love of the sport and Oliver relishes his grandfather's stories about the "Golden Age of the Game." When... | [
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32,271 | 6 | Humorous rhymes and an unusual conclusion combine in a boy's search for his stuffed toy in the forest in Where's My Teddy? by Jez Alborough, now available as a board book. Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.; Title: Where's My Teddy? | [
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32,272 | 2 | Phyllis Root has written many award-winning books for children, including TEN SLEEPY SHEEP, OLIVER FINDS HIS WAY, ONE DUCK STUCK, WHAT BABY WANTS, RATTLETRAP CAR, and BIG MOMMA MAKES THE WORLD, winner of the BOSTON GLOBE--HORN BOOK Award.Holly Meade (1956-2013) wrote and illustrated IF I NEVER FOREVER ENDEAVOR. She ear... | [
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32,273 | 2 | Cooke's (So Much) rhythmic prose hits a magical note between chant and lullaby, and her tale conveys a bone-deep understanding of how children cherish familial ties. As Jay Jay helps his grandmother prepare for the extended family's Sunday dinner, he finds a comforting, often palpable abundance everywhere he looks. Gra... | [
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32,274 | 0 | Ruth Elwin Harris began storytelling during the Second World War when she and her brother went to stay with their grandfather in his isolated Somerset house. "We led a very solitary existence," she says. "Not that we minded. We read a lot and made up stories to entertain each other." It is that house, christened Hillcr... | [
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32,275 | 13 | Grade 3-6 As the title cleverly indicates, this book describes how the poor, raggedy cat scat-sang her way into jazz history. Orgill begins with Fitzgerald as a child dancing to her mother's records and closes with the 21-year-old woman joining the Chick Webb Band in Harlem. The interim includes frank, but not frighten... | [
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32,276 | 2 | Laura McGee Kvasnosky is one of five children and drew on her experiences as a middle child as well as on observations of her own two children to create the feisty fox sisters. "My youngest sister, Kate, is the true Ivy. When she was little, she had a doll that she adored. We convinced her that if she let us cut the do... | [
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32,277 | 2 | PreSchool-Rich, full-color photographs illustrate the variety of fine and gross motor activities in which hands become engaged. "Hands can catch/and hands can throw./Hands can plant seeds in a row." Vibrant solid colors, which change at random, frame each photograph. All of the ethnically diverse children pictured are ... | [
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32,278 | 0 | Each day, a lanky bachelor named Bob leaves his red-brick townhouse and bicycles to a hilltop launch pad. He exchanges his tweedy threads for a form-fitting white jumpsuit with a crescent moon on the chest, then boards a squat rocket for the moon. Tripping lightly across the planet's golden surface, Bob vacuums space j... | [
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32,279 | 18 | Grade 4-8This is the concluding book in a trilogy that chronicles the black experience in America. Rappaport draws on songs, poems, memories, letters, court testimony, and first-person accounts to provide a moving portrayal of the experiences of African Americans from the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott to the Voting Right... | [
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32,280 | 0 | Kindergarten-Grade 4Tuff Fluff, a yellow bunny with a rakish black eye patch, is the Chandleresque private eye enlisted to solve the mystery of Duckie's missing brain. He lives in Los Attic, the city of worn-out playthings, and works out of an office where it's always 3:29 a.m. by "the watch on the wall." Dwelling in c... | [
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32,281 | 2 | In this equally spirited follow-up to I Will Never Not Ever Eat a Tomato, big brother Charlie faces a new challenge: to cajole his sister, Lola, into bed. "Lola likes to stay up coloring and scribbling and sticking and wriggling and bouncing and most of all chattering," remarks the patient older sibling. Chatter she do... | [
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32,282 | 2 | Stanley Birdbaum's elementary school celebrates all sorts of madcap, made-up holidays from Pajama Day to Crazy Hair Day. Stanley is particularly excited about the latter, and one Friday, he and his mom have a wonderful time crafting his kooky coiffure. Using not one but two cans of Halloween hair spray (blue and orange... | [
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32,283 | 2 | PreSchool-Grade 2After several years in which his Christmas wishes have gone awry, Joe gets smart and writes Santa a detailed and exact description of the present he wantsa real live penguin. He gets what he asked for, but providing his new friend with meals of creamed herring and taking cold baths with him turn out to... | [
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32,284 | 13 | Grade 2-5It is the time of the tulips, and little Hana misses the attention previously given to her by her now much-distracted, dejected, tulipomaniac father. These days, he is interested only in wealth and trade, bulbs and business; Hana and her dog are banished from the North Garden where Papa's flowers, which once b... | [
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32,285 | 0 | With her usual engaging approach, Marcia Williams tackles the works of Charles Dickens (as she has Homer, Shakespeare and others in the past) in Charles Dickens and Friends. A handful of Victorian classics-Oliver Twist; Great Expectations; A Tale of Two Cities; David Copperfield; and A Christmas Carol-unfold in sepia-t... | [
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32,286 | 11 | Grade 4-6Drescher's crudely drawn, luridly colored, mixed-media Monsters from the Id-style portraits, which provide perfect jumping-off points for susceptible young imaginations, are matched with Sierra's brief introductions to dozens of ugly customers from world folklore. Along with the few that will provoke shivers o... | [
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32,287 | 7 | In wild hand-lettered collages that defy academic treatments of myth, Fanelli (Dear Diary) summarizes some famous monsters of the Greek pantheon. Her portraits of weird creatures range from the comical to the grotesque, and recall the visceral imagery of Hendrik Drescher. On the imposing dust jacket and in the first sp... | [
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32,288 | 0 | Grade 2-5When Henry David Thoreau leaves Concord, MA, to live in his cabin at Walden Pond, the townsfolk think that he is crazy. They do not share his concerns about the loss of natural resources and view the construction of factories, industrial activity, and even the polluted air as signs of progress. At the end of a... | [
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32,289 | 1 | Toilet humor of the most literal kind drives British author Waring's winning story. A tango-loving alligator named Alberto is accidentally flushed down the toilet by his devoted young owner/dance partner Tina. At first, Alberto loves life in "the world way below the city." Newcomer Swan shows Alberto blithely wending h... | [
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32,290 | 15 | Grade 3-4-Lasky's picture-book sketch of the naturalist's life focuses on Muir's special love of California's snowy Sierras and Yosemite Valley and his successes in founding Yosemite National Park and the Sierra Club. The author recounts aspects of Muir's boyhood years in Scotland and teens in Wisconsin to introduce hi... | [
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32,291 | 16 | Little ones can get into the groove with a host of titles featuring poetry and song. Heads, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes and Other Action Rhymes by Zita Newcome contains more than 50 rhymes, including such favorites as "Itsy Bitsy Spider" and "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" in a square, paper-over-board volume. Boxed illustrat... | [
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32,292 | 2 | Grade 2-4--Evangeline Mudd's primatologist parents are so obsessed with the golden-haired apes of Ikkinasti Jungle that they even raise their daughter based on the child-rearing practices of these animals. When the Mudds are sent, last minute, on a scientific expedition to Ikkinasti, they leave Evangeline with her fath... | [
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32,293 | 16 | PreSchool-K-This book delivers just what the title promises: a counting book about the people, animals, and objects found on a Caribbean island. Lessac introduces each number from 1 to 10 in a rhyming couplet. For example, "Five market ladies wearing shady hats. Six cricket players waiting with their bats." She ends wi... | [
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32,294 | 2 | Kindergarten-Grade 2This cumulative tale begins on a cold, dark night when Momma and Poppa are sound asleep and snoring. The door squeaks as Evie appears, and the bed creaks as she bounces in. Ivy comes next, followed by Mo, while the door squeaks and the bed creaks. The children drape themselves over and around their ... | [
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32,295 | 3 | Clever die-cut pages and liftable flaps invite reader's participation in a handful of wild titles. A baby lemur plays hide-and-seek with Mama Jojo in Jazzy in the Jungle by Maisy creator Lucy Cousins. Readers join the search, lifting layered, die-cut pages that highlight forest fauna and the peering eyes or other attri... | [
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32,296 | 0 | A cast of multicultural toddlers marches through lively rhymes and merry illustrations as they point to parts of their body . . . Here is a first-rate choice for story hours.The Boston GlobeA celebration of the body and what it can do, this book careens from part to part with infectious enthusiasm . . . sunny toddlers ... | [
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32,297 | 2 | Ana Martn Larraaga has illustrated more than forty books for children, and is the author-illustrator of THE BLACK CAT and HOOT! HOOT! She says, "I have lived in many places in my life. I wrote PEPO AND LOLO ARE FRIENDS when I had just moved to a new town where I didnt know anybody, and felt a bit lonely. Jumping is fun... | [
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32,298 | 16 | From good morning to good night, Maisy the mouse helps preschoolers learn to tell time. At 8 o'clock, Maisy wakes up and brushes her teeth. At 10 o'clock she grocery shops. Two o'clock finds this perky pink-eared rodent playing in the park. But how does Maisy stick to this rigorous schedule of fun and food? Learning ho... | [
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32,299 | 2 | PreSchool-Grade 1-"Each time a child is born, the world changes." Using everyday examples, Hennessy demonstrates how young children help, and are helped by, the people in their lives; grow and learn; and teach others. They share toys, feelings, and ideas. These actions create friendships, and friendships around the wor... | [
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